Make the most of January's new moon and survey the darkened skies with the best telescopes. Our guide will help you choose the right scope, no matter your budget or experience. Are you new to ...

In some cases, binoculars are a better bet.

Astronomers warn that proposed changes to the space observatory's operational budget could decrease the amount of ...

[Review: Best Binoculars for 2013] Some might think that binoculars are a bit of a come down from a telescope, but the fact is that for certain aspects of skywatching they are the best instrument ...

Image of the supermassive black hole Sagittarius A* (Sgr A*). from the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) collaboration "has ...

We've rounded up the best telescopes for kids. Is there a budding stargazer in your family? Maybe you're trying to cultivate a child's interest in our solar system? If you're looking for one of ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. With the 2012 holiday season coming into its "home stretch," many people may be seriously ...

A telescope features a 20mm eyepiece with a 500mm focal length, its magnification is 500/20, or 25x. If you have already read the six review options above, it is easy to find that each model usually ...

You may not know it, but right now there’s a huge cosmic rave party happening far, far above our heads. The chief partygoers ...

Telescopes are fun to point around the sky, but they’re even better when you have some idea of what you’re actually looking at. Experienced sky-gazers love nothing more than whipping out some ...

On this date, Jan. 29, 1859, American astronomer William Cranch Bond died. Cranch and his son, George Phillps Bond, ...

The James Webb Space Telescope is currently one of the most important research tools available. But now cuts will be made in ...